I-County Offaly ayinakuninzi ukukhangela isivakashi, ngoko uthi indawo yasendulo ye-Clonmacnoise enye yezona ndawo zikhangeleke apha zingenza umfanekiso ophosakeleyo. Enyanisweni, yenye yezona ndawo zokuqala zamaKristu zase-Ireland.
Kwaye nangona iClonmacnoise engazange ihambe ngendlela (eyenziwe yimbi ngakumbi ngokudala umzila ohamba phambili, ohamba ngokukhawuleza udibanisa iDublin kunye neGalway), isisombululo sokubona esi siza esisigxina sinokubaluleka ixesha kunye nokusetyenziswa kwepetroli.
Ekho kumzila ongaphambili, apho i-Esker Way kunye ne-Shannon idlulela khona, iClonmacnoise ayigqithwanga ngabakhenkethi. Nangona ngeveki kwiinyanga zasehlotyeni zihlala zihlala zinoxolo. Le ndawo kunye nendawo ecacileyo yenza ukuba kujoliswe ngokufanelekileyo ukutyelela iindwendwe.
Ngokucacileyo: Kutheni ufuna ukutyelela iClonmacnoise
Njengoko ndathi, le nto enye yeyona nto, kwaye enye yeyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu, kwiindawo zokuqala zamaKristu eMidlands ... kwaye mhlawumbi kuzo zonke iIreland. Itholakala phakathi kweendawo ezihle, eduze kweShannon, kunye ne-castle (echithwe kakhulu) kufuphi ne-boot. Yaye inokwandisa iinqaba ezimbini ezijikelezileyo, iminqamlezo emibini ephakamileyo, indlela yokuhamba, kunye necawa zamandulo.
Kwaye nangona kungenakwenzeka namhlanje, oku kwakungekho ngaso sonke isikhathi - abalindi baseClonmacnoise beendlela zakudala zoMlambo i-Shannon kunye ne-Esker Way, njengenye indlela ebaluleke kakhulu ukusuka eMpuma ukuya eNtshonalanga e-Ireland.
Eyenziwe ngo-545 nguSaint Ciarán ngokwakhe, i-monasteri yaxhaswa nguKumkani uDermot, ekhokelela kwiClonmacnoise ibe yinye yezona zindwendwe zase-Ireland ezibalulekileyo, kunye nendawo yokungcwaba yookumkani.
Imbali isaphila apha - Usuku lomthendeleko lukaSaint Ciarán lugubha namhlanje ngohambo lwee-pilgrimage, ngoSeptemba 9.
Ukuhlaziywa okufutshane malunga neClonmacnoise
Ukufikelela kwiClonmacnoise kunokuba yingxaki - uya kufuna imephu yendlela efanelekileyo kwaye ulandele iindawo ezincinci kunye neendlela ezinqumlayo. Njengoko isayithi ilandele i-Shannon kwaye iphantsi kakhulu uya kubona kuphela iinqaba ezikufutshane ngomzuzu wokugqibela.
Imidlana yamandulo yanyulwa nguSt. Ciarán ukwakha i-monastery yakhe ngo-545 ngenkxaso kaKumkani uDermot. Ngelishwa, uCiarán wafa kungekudala, kodwa iClonmacnoise yaba enye yezona zihlalo ezibalulekileyo zokufunda kwamaKristu eYurophu. Ukongezelela kwakuyindawo ebalulekileyo yokuhambela indawo kunye nendawo yokungcwaba ye- King High kaTara .
Namhlanje isivakalisi siza kufumana isikhungo esiphezulu esichazayo , iinqaba ezimbini ezijikelezileyo , iinqamlezo eziphakamileyo zangexesha elide, amaqumrhu amnandi (nangakumbi kwiindawo ezibhuqiweyo) kunye neengxowankulu zomzila wendwendwe. Ngelishwa uya kubona kwakhona i-pavilion yakha uhambo lukaJohn Paul II-okuthetha ngokunyanisekileyo kufuneka kuhlanjululwe, uxhumano lwepapa okanye akunjalo. Ngaphandle kwesi sikhokelo sikhundla seClonmacnoise ngqo kwiibhanki zaseShannon inikeza imibono enhle kunye noxolo loxolo.
Ngaphandle kwendawo efihliweyo, uya kufumana iCawa yeNun, eyakhiwe nguDervorgilla. Le fatale yama-medieval yabangela ukuba u-Strongbow unqobe kunye neminyaka engama-800 yobuhlungu base-Ireland.
Xa ushiya isayithi kwaye uhamba kwindawo yokupaka imoto, ujonge i-woodcarving evocative ye "Pilgrim" uze uhambe uye endleleni eya phambili. Amanxiwa ahleleke kakuhle enqabeni yaseNorman afanele akhangele ixesha elide. Yaye ujonge ibhokisi leposi le-Victorian eludongeni - oku kusetyenziswa!
Ukutyelela i-website ye-Heritage Ireland ezinikele kwi-Clonmacnoise, eya kukuzisa ngokukhawuleza kumaxesha okuvula kunye namaxabiso angeniso.